#996CF0#996CF0

#996CF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.191 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CF0
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 240)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 55%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 45.91, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 75.85, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0847 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.191 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2236, 23.7881, 85.2097)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CF0 #C3F06C

analogous

#6C81F0 #996CF0 #DB6CF0

triadic

#996CF0 #F0996C #6CF099

tetradic

#996CF0 #F06C81 #C3F06C #6CF0DB

square

#996CF0 #F06C81 #C3F06C #6CF0DB

split-complementary

#996CF0 #F0DB6C #81F06C

monochromatic

#5415CD #7234EA #996CF0 #C0A4F6 #E6DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#996CF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#996CF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CF0

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CF0	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E87F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8587A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.191 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f6',
    500: '#996cf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cf0;
$custom-light: #bb97f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63883,
    "c": 0.19101,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CF0

secondary

#E2F0C8

accent

#DE0895

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CF0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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